How much personal responsibility do you take ?
I sat last night with this thought, Personal responsibility is the awareness of your responsibility in each interaction, experience and situation.
Yes someone in the situation may own more of it at times than others, but what doesn't change is that you are responsible for your interaction, your reaction and what you do with that energy after the event.
This isn't the nicest revaluation I have had, It means when ever I have bitched or complained and not seen compassion or taken a mirror to the situation I wasn't accepting my personal responsibility or even my personal power.
The power in this interaction is that instead of concentrating on the wrongs of another and the blame game you are now saying hey I cant control how you feel, behave or express yourself but I can be aware of my feelings, expressions and behavior. So suddenly I have gone from a helpless victim attitude to a strong understanding perspective of who I am.
The result : I am in touch with how I feel, I am observant of how I behave and I am now in my space making choices that make my experience of life and relationships better.
If we don't: If we do it the other way and blame the other person and refuse the part of it that is our personal responsibility we become angry, resentful, annoyed ect ect . This leaves us hurt even further ... We are now completely dis-empowered to everyone else and their choice of behavior, we feel hopeless and lost.
Conclusion: So when we say hey what can I be responsible for suddenly we are checking in with ourselves, taking responsibility, empowering our future choices and learning.
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